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It is finally here! In partnership with the AZ Advisory Council on Indian Health Care, we are excited to announce the American Indian Oral Health campaign—Strong Teeth, Strong Kid!
The purpose of the Strong Teeth, Strong Kid campaign is to bring awareness of the importance of dental milestones for American Indian children ages 0 to 5 years. American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) children have the highest rates of tooth decay in the United States and in Arizona. Together we can prevent childhood tooth decay and loss, and ensure that children have Totally AHHH-Some teeth!
To learn more about the Campaign, please visit strongteethstrongkid.org or email questions to TobyTheTooth@nativeconnections.org.
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A "chronically homeless" individual is defined to mean a homeless individual with a disability who lives either in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter or in an institutional care facility if the individual has been living in the facility for fewer than ninety (90) days and had been living in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven or in an emergency shelter immediately before entering the institutional care facility. In order to meet the ‘‘chronically homeless’’ definition, the individual also must have been living as described above continuously for at least twelve (12) months or on at least four (4) separate occasions in the last three (3) years, where the combined occasions total a length of time of at least twelve (12) months. Each period separating the occasions must include at least seven (7) nights of living in a situation other than a place not meant for human habitation, in an emergency shelter or in a safe haven.
Federal nondiscrimination laws define a person with a disability to include any (1) individual with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; (2) individual with a record of such impairment; or (3) individual who is regarded as having such an impairment. In general, a physical or mental impairment includes, but is not limited to, examples of conditions such as orthopedic, visual, speech and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), developmental disabilities, mental illness, drug addiction, and alcoholism.